DOCK, 232. DOGWOOD, 314. DOGS; their depredations on sheep, 203-4. DRAINING-- DRAINING--MY OWN, chap. x, 62; the author's farm, 62; situation of the land thereon requiring drainage, 62-3; difficulties it presented, 63; blunders, 66; how repaired, 66; condition of the marsh before draining it, 61; how success was retarded, 67; evidence of success, 67; the crops of 1870 on the reclaimed land, 68; DRAINING GENERALLY, chap. xi, 69; general conclusions from the author's experience, 69; extent of land to be drained, 69; _all_ swamp lands and nearly all of some other kinds must be drained to be well tilled, 69; the many uses of underdrains, 69-70; no one should run into debt for draining, 70; tile and stone drains, 71; draining by a Mole Plow, 72; general direction, 72-3; covered mains recommended, 73; the question of labor, 73; a case where the rudest surface drains would have changed bog into decent meadows, 152; the stone drains on the author's farm, 214; the author's summing up on, 315. DROUTH--habitually shortens our Fall crops, 98; A LESSON OF TO-DAY (1870), chap. xxxii, 189; the popular view of hot and cold seasons, 189; the Summer of 1870, effects of the drouth, 189-190; general character of each Summer, 190; proof that drouth need not be feared by those who farm prudently, 190; the author's observations during a trip through Warren Co., N. Y., 191-2; results to be attained there by right cultivation, 192; the inquiry: how are the people there to obtain fertilizers? 192; answered, 193; irrigation might be applied profitably, 194. EARTH CLOSET, 123. EASTERN STATES, pasturing in, 19. EASTERN STATES, the, 23, 25-6, 37, 179, 189, 204, 215, 279, 311. EDINBURGH, 269. EGGS, 294-5. EGYPT, 164, 167. ELECTRICITY, 285. ELK, 278. ELM, 59. EMERSON, R. W., 44. ENGLAND, 70, 89, 164; (Western) 170, 178, 268. ERIE Co., Pa., 23. EUROPE, 35, 74, 156, 163, 170, 171, 178, 180, 219, 238. EXCHANGE: EXCHANGE AND DISTRIBUTION, chap. l, 297; the machinery for disposing of surplus farm products imperfect, 297; the abundant apple crop of 1870 as an illustration thereof, 297-8-9; apples should have been as common as bread or potatoes, 298; the actual facts, 298; cause of both the waste and dearness of apples, 299-300; consequent loss to producers and consumers, 299-300; turnips as a further illustration, 300; disappointments of inexperienced farmers, 300-1; hucksters and middlemen, 301; suggestion to have a railroad purchase and sell farm products, 301-2; results to be expected, 302; an objection answered, 302.